Battleground state polls find more voters prefer Congress as a check on Trump

Source: NBC News



Only about a third of voters in Arizona, Florida and Ohio say Trump deserves to be re-elected.

by Carrie Dann / Jun.27.2018 / 6:00 AM ET

WASHINGTON — Voters in three key Senate battleground states prefer the next Congress to be a check on President Donald Trump rather than a booster for his policy priorities, and only about a third say Trump deserves to be re-elected, according to new polls of Arizona, Florida and Ohio conducted by NBC News and Marist College.

In Arizona, 52 percent of registered voters say they’ll use their vote to send a message that the country needs more Democrats to serve as a check on Trump, while 36 percent said the nation needs more Republicans to pass his agenda.

While Trump won the state of Arizona by four points in 2016, he’s underwater now when it comes to his approval rating in the state. His job approval rating among registered voters in Arizona is 41 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove. And just 35 percent say definitively that Trump deserves to be re-elected, while 57 percent disagree.



In Florida, another key swing state that’s home to one of the marquee Senate races of the cycle, 49 percent of voters favor a Congress that serves as a check on Trump, while 40 percent want lawmakers to assist Trump in passing legislation. The president’s approval rating among voters in the Sunshine State is the highest of the three states surveyed by NBC and Marist — at 45 percent approve and 46 percent disapprove. But a majority — 54 percent — still say that a new person should be given a chance in the White House, while 37 percent say they believe Trump deserves re-election.

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